There are movies so bad that they end up being good.

No one holds the absolute truth when it comes to determining if something is truly bad—though, of course, there are productions where a sort of spontaneous consensus emerges, and the majority of viewers agree the film is poor. Even so, as you rightly say, it is possible to appreciate and learn good things even from bad movies.

I, too, have seen many films that most people would consider bad but that I absolutely loved; often, these were low-budget productions or B-movies. I used to rent a lot of VHS tapes, and among them were some very modest productions that fascinated me. Take Troma movies, for example: I remember some of them fondly, even though the vast majority of people would likely consider them bad films.

On the other hand, there are those movies with impeccable production values, huge budgets, and star-studded casts, yet whose message or story failed to connect with me, leaving a negative impression. Even though most people might consider them excellent, I found them mediocre because they didn't convey anything to me or stir any emotion. For instance, I wasn't entirely convinced by the latest film from the master Spielberg; I consider it a bit of a bad movie—despite the huge budget—even though other people loved it.

Another example is Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, House of Dynamite. To me, it’s a bad movie, yet many professional critics ranked it at the very top.